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LATEST ARTICLES ( 111 )

• The Positive Side of Video Games: Part II

  

  Video games have been at the forefront of interactive media and continue to be a significant part of the participatory media environment.  The thought of a vide... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Positive Side of Video Games: Part I

  

  Worried About Video Games? It’s time to exhale. Video games often get a bad rap, but it’s time we give them a little more credit. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Batman Shooter: Can We Blame the Lack of Social Media?

  

  As people make sense of the senseless, like what is being called the Colorado Massacre or the Batman Shooting, we try to find an explanation. The world is a ver... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA

• New MA in Media Psychology at MSPP.edu

  

  Master of Arts in Media Psychology, 10 Month Accelerated Online ProgramI’m excited to announce the new Master’s program in Media Psychology at the... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 PSYCHOLOGY

• Augmented Reality: Beyond Usability with Flow and Narrative Transportation

  Augmented reality applications are unique in that because they project virtual information into a user’s physical environment, they effectively blend real and... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Revising Maslow’s Hierarchy for a Socially-Connected World

  

  Revising Maslow: My model places social connection at the hub, as fundamental to achieving all human needs, from sex and safety to esteemIn response to Denning’... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Media Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist Or Media Personality?

  

  Here is a recent question:Dear Dr. Rutledge,I am conducting research in media psychology and stumbled upon this dissertation and I am more confused than... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Does ‘No Such Thing As Bad Publicity’ Apply To Psychologists?

  

  Here are eight points to consider surrounding the issue of psychology and psychologists in the media:1. Part of this question is driven by the moral panic... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY

• ‘Pointless Humor’ Isn’t Pointless: It Rewires & Inspires Us

  

  As I told Carrie Cummings from OMMA (interview excerpted below),  I so rarely get asked questions about the positive side of social media or the Internet, it wa... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• #RIP Twitter Celebrity Death Hoaxes

  

  Twitter makes lots of things easier, including hoaxes.Hoaxes aren’t new. We often think of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast as the standard-bearer fo... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Viral Video: Father Shoots Kid's Laptop

  

  Video shocks & wows but all wonder: is this good parenting? Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIETY

• Whitney Houston: Celebrate Now, Look for Answers Later

  

  The loss of someone as young and accomplished as Whitney Houston always gives us pause, no matter what the circumstances.  We can see fans, friends, and family... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY

• SOPA and PIPA: Whose Rights Are We Protecting?

  The NY Times article (In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old) by Jonathan Weisman on the proposed anti-piracy legislation in Congress... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Communicating the Value of a College Education

  

  The following are the notes from my presentation as park of a panel on “Communicating in the New Normal” at the College Board Colloquium held in Newport Beach,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH, SCHOOLING

• Dangerous Method: Engaging but Not Satisfying

  

  The film, A Dangerous Method, is an ambitious effort to portray the complex and tumultuous evolution of the relationships and theories among the father of... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, MEDIA, MOVIES, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Transmedia Storytelling: Meaning Comes from the Ability to Share, Explore, and...

  

  Transmedia storytelling transforms communications so that we can interact, construct, share, and create meaning within the storyteller’s world. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2011 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA

• Reverse Mentoring Won’t Work

  

  Reverse mentoring is exactly the wrong way to think about knowledge exchange in an organization. We live in a time of social networks and peer-to-peer... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• All The World Is A Story

  

  Transmedia storytelling is rapidly becoming the new ‘must have’ in marketing and entertainment.  Its adoption is slowed, however, by the confusion over what... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY

• 10 Keys to a Good Interactive App for Pre-schoolers

  

  The current generation of toddlers is growing up with the expectation that media allows active play and, more excitingly, that information is something they... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 FAMILY, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Social Networks: What Maslow Misses

  

  Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model, developed in 1948, resonated across many disciplines, from business, technology and education to its field of origin,... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH